The exuberance! This is joyous powerpop like the
Raspberries, The Go-Go’s and Teenage Fanclub in 1991. It’s a journey with the windows
wound down and elbows in the breeze. It’s classic power chords, big bass lines
and songs about girls, or more accurately the absence of them.
This is a very, very good album. I don’t know yet if it’s a
classic – sometimes, like with recent records by Foley! and The Eversons, the
bubblegum flavour wears off after a while. But Boronia sounds bigger than those albums.
It sounds fresh like The White Wires' WWIII and youthfully innocent
like The Undertones’ Hypnotised. What’s that line from More Songs About
Chocolate and Girls? “Relax and cancel all other engagements, it’s never too
late to enjoy dumb entertainment.” Good advice. Stop what you’re doing and
listen to Boronia.
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